2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship

The 2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship was played April 3–6 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 37th edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the 26th as a major championship.

2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship

Tournament information
Dates	April 3–6, 2008
Location	Rancho Mirage, California
Course(s)	Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tourn. Course
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,673 yards (6,102 m)
Field	110 players, 71 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$2.0 million
Winner's share	$300,000
Champion
Lorena Ochoa
277 (−11)

Rancho Mirage

Location in the United States

Rancho
Mirage

Location in California

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa shot a bogey-free 67 in the final round to win her only Kraft Nabisco Championship, five strokes ahead of runners-up Suzann Pettersen and Annika Sörenstam. It was her second consecutive and final major title; she won the Women's British Open in 2007.[1][2]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	2001, 2002, 2005	71	70	73	68	282	−6	T2
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000, 2006	76	70	69	74	289	+1	T13
Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	1993	75	72	73	72	292	+4	T21
Morgan Pressel	United States	2007	71	74	75	75	295	+7	T38
Pat Hurst	United States	1998	73	72	77	77	299	+11	T55
Juli Inkster	United States	1984, 1989	74	75	76	75	300	+12	T58

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Grace Park	South Korea	2004	76	77	153	+9
Amy Alcott	United States	1983, 1988, 1991	79	77	156	+12
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	France	2003	83	WD

Source:[3]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Karen Stupples	England	67	−5
T2	Ai Miyazato	Japan	68	−4
	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico
T4	Natalie Gulbis	United States	69	−3
	Heather Young	United States
T6	Maria Hjorth	Sweden	70	−2
	Mi-Hyun Kim	South Korea
	Liselotte Neumann	Sweden
	Mariajo Uribe (a)	Colombia
T10	Mallory Blackwelder (a)	United States	71	−1
	Chung Il-mi	South Korea
	Paula Creamer	United States
	Meena Lee	South Korea
	Morgan Pressel	United States
	Michele Redman	United States
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden
	Momoko Ueda	Japan

Source:[3]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 2008

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	68-71=139	−5
	Heather Young	United States	69-70=139
T3	Maria Hjorth	Sweden	70-70=140	−4
	Mi-Hyun Kim	South Korea	70-70=140
T5	Hee-Won Han	South Korea	72-69=141	−3
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	71-70=141
T7	Ai Miyazato	Japan	68-74=142	−2
	Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	70-72=142
	Karen Stupples	England	67-75=142
	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	72-70=142

Source:[3]

Amateurs: Uribe (E), Blumenherst (+2), Blackwelder (+3)

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	68-71-71=210	−6
2	Hee-Won Han	South Korea	72-69-70=211	−5
T3	Maria Hjorth	Sweden	70-70-72=212	−4
	Seon-Hwa Lee	South Korea	73-71-68=212
T5	Inbee Park	South Korea	73-70-70=213	−3
	Heather Young	United States	69-70-74=213
T7	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	74-75-65=214	−2
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	71-70-73=214
T9	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	74-72-69=215	−1
	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	72-70-73=215

Source:[3]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	68-71-71-67=277	−11	300,000
T2	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	74-75-65-68=282	−6	160,369
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	71-70-73-68=282
4	Maria Hjorth	Sweden	70-70-72-71=283	−5	104,317
5	Seon-Hwa Lee	South Korea	73-71-68-72=284	−4	83,963
T6	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	74-72-69-70=285	−3	58,859
	Hee-Won Han	South Korea	72-69-70-74=285
	Mi-Hyun Kim	South Korea	70-70-76-69=285
9	Inbee Park	South Korea	73-70-70-73=286	−2	45,289
T10	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	72-70-73-72=287	−1	39,692
	Heather Young	United States	69-70-74-74=287

Source:[3]

Amateurs: Blumenherst (+5), Uribe (+12), Blackwelder (+14)

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5
Ochoa	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11
Pettersen	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Sörenstam	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6
Hjorth	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5
Lee	−4	−5	−5	−5	−2	−2	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4
Choi	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3
Han	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−6	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−3
Kim	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3
Park	−3	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2
Pak	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	+1	E	−1
Young	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:[3]

References

1. "Unstoppable as ever, Lorena Ochoa collects another major". Golf.com. Associated Press. April 6, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
2. Crouse, Karen (April 7, 2008). "For Ochoa, a title, a soak, and a serenade". The New York Times. p. D1.
3. "ANA Inspiration (Kraft Nabisco Championship)". LPGA. 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2017.

External links

• Golf Observer leaderboard

Preceded by 2007 Women's British Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 2008 LPGA Championship